puérils
\pɥe.ʁil\
The verdict
“puérils” is uncommon French (frequency #78,771 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,771
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de puéril.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puérils |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \pɥe.ʁil\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puérils” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
puérils is uncommon French at frequency #78,771 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \pɥe.ʁil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de puéril.".
No misspelling variants are generated for puérils in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is puérils, spelled P-U-É-R-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de puéril.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “puérils”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-U-É-R-I-L-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɥe.ʁil\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.